3.2.3 Example: small-amplitude wave
Figure 27:
Small-amplitude wave: linear behaviour (left), shock wave (right).
Even a small-amplitude wave that initially behaves like a linear wave (left panel in Fig.
27
) turns later into a
shock wave
(right panel in Fig.
27
).
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